Gas-saving device.



C. H. HOMEIER.

GAS SAVING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.3I,19I6.

1,53 Patented Jan. 9,1917.

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Be it known that I, OHARLEs 'I-I. HQMEIER, a citizen of the'United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented agnew 'and use ful Improvement-in" -GasSavingfDevices, of

which the following isa specification: j

the cap and;thin1bleis adiaphrag'm" 14 in the form of'a diskjof slightlyiess diameterjj obj ect of this invention is the "produc tlon'of a gas saving device, which is'csim' ple and inexpensive in construction and ef;

'fective in use. f I

More "particularly" this invention relates to that class of gas saving devices, which is adapted to efiect a saving of gas by regulating its pressure at or near the point of use.

To these ends my invention comprises the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter more particularly described and'cla imed.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line XX of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section'of a detail.

In the drawing, A represents a cap having a cylindrical side wall or body 2 and a perforated end wall 3.

4 indicates a disk or plate, which is pivoted by the pivot 5 centrally disposed through the end wall 3 and said disk, whereby the disk may be swiveled' The disk 4 is provided with a plurality of which are adapted to register with the perforations 7, in the end wall, but which may be moved out of partly registering position in order to primarily regulate the amount of gas passing through the perforations and said cap. The outer end of the cap has an internal thread 8 by which a thimble B is secured axially thereon. Said thimble has an outer end wall 9 provided with a plurality of perforations 10, which allow the gas to pass freely through the chamber formed by the cap and thimble.

In use the structure described is adapted to be clamped with the cap secured between the ends of two adjacent sections, 11 and 12, of piping, and within a union 13, which is threaded upon and couples said sections together. In this position, the regulating disk 4 is clamped in regulating position securely upon the end wall 3 and the entire structure is held firmly within the conducting duct by which a current of gas is supplied in the direction of the arrows indicated in Fig. 1

Specification of lLetters Patent. Application filed March'SI, 1916; Sen 1nd. 88,129. 1

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of the' drawingf The end of'the" cap'is placed with its end 3' "facing" the current of gas," so that the gas'is admitted through" the? perforations 7 into the cha b Withmathe, regulator d;passe .autwardly'f rdmi id chamber thr'ou'gh'th'e perforations"'l0if Arranged within the chamber formed by tha n"the inner diam ter ofthe cap. ."This' diaphragm"is/mounted upon the free end'of a weak helical "spring'15 "extending back ward'ly from'the diaphragm toward the out let end of the thimble where it issecured pass freely. The 'plate'l6 to which said spring is secured such as by soldering or other suitable means isprovided with a stud bolt 17, which is threaded centrally through the end 9 of the thimble. This stud bolt is adjusted to regulate the tension of the spring 15 by engaging the bolt in the slot 18 and is locked in adjusted position by the nut 19 threaded on saidboltL By turning the bolt '17 inwardly, the distance between the diaphragm "14 and the inner face of the end wall 3 is reduced, or the tension of the spring 15 against the onward current of gas increased. This regulation is arranged in' advance, so that the proper amount of gas is allowed to pass freely through the feed piping. If the pressure of the gas reduces the spring 15 automatically adjusts the diaphragm in front of the end of the thimble B and compensates for any uneven pressure. After the spring 15 and the plate 4 have been initially regulated the device requires no attention, the regulation being conducted entirely automatically by the movement of the diaphragm on the spring 15. The diaphragm 14 is secured to the end of the spring 15 by soldering or other suitable means, and the diaphragm is formed with inwardly projecting lugs 20 (see Fig. 3) around which a coil of the spring compresses to assist in holding said parts together. The diaphragm is further formed with notches 21 in its periphery, in order that the gas may pass the diaphragm more readily. The pivot 5 may project inwardly through the diaphragm to assist the latter in guiding freely.

The device is also adapted to regulate the 'pressure of water and in using the term gas it is intended to include any gas or liquid.

In accordance with the patent statutes, I have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best 'embodiment thereof, 'but I desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative, and that the invention canbe carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forthiv'ithin 'the scope' of the following claims.

Hav n d sr bed my ve ipn, a claim' as new and desire to'prote'ct by Letters Patent is. V i p 1. device of the class set forth, comprising, in combination, a cap having a body formed with a passage'd end wall, a thimble in the form of a cylindrical casing mounted axially upon said' cap, "a diaphragm arranged freely fadj acent'the passaged end of sai'df cap, a base plate adju'stably mounted upon the outer end of said thimble and adapted to be regulated inwardly within saidthimble, and a coil compression spring having one end mounted upon said base plate and its other end secured to and resiliently supporting said diaphragm, said cap being adapted 'to be clamped between the adjacent 'ends of a pair of sections of piping, with one end facingth e onward flow of to intercept said current by said resiliently supporteddiaphragm.

2. 'A gas regulator, comprising, in combination, a cap having a body adapted to be clamped between the adj aeent ends of a pair of'sections of piping and an end wall pas- Copies '01 this 'pa tent'may be obtained for saged to admit gas passing through said piping, a perforated plate movably mounted upon said said sections of piping together, ;a thimble carried by said cap having a perforated end, a base within said thimble having a regulating element movably mounted in its end, a

of pipe sections, said caphaving an end wall provided with a plurality of open ngs for the passage of gas therethrough, a thimble carried by said cap having, a"perforated end, and an abutmenttherein adjacent said end, a coil compression spring bearing at one extremity against said abutment, a diaphragm carried by the free end of said spring adjacent the passaged end of said cap and adapted to intercept the flow of gas passing through the thimble and cap, and a member movably disposed with respect to the end of said cap having openings therein adapted to be brought into register. with the openings in the end of-the cap'whereb'y the quantity of the flow of gasmay bereg ulated to accord with the tension of 'the spring.

In testimony whereof, I'have signed my name to this specification.

' CHARLES HQM'EIER.

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